Wolverine Soft Game Jam Produces 17 Video Games in 48 Hours

Wolverine Soft, the student group dedicated to the development of video games at Michigan, held its 11th annual 48-Hour Game Jam on the weekend of January 17-19.

70 competitors showed up to produce 17 new games based on the theme "Separate," which was kept secret until the event began. Teams of four worked – often through the night – to make the deadline, and for their efforts they were awarded medals, trophies, and mysterious "secret achievement"-style golden awards. Golden awards this year included a golden can of Monster for not sleeping during the competition, a golden rock for the most "rock-solid" game idea, a golden Spider for the most "nightmare-fueled" game, and many, many others.